Monday, March 17, 2014

Modal Verbs

There it goes! Extra practise on Modal Verbs.



Activities to revise have to, must/ musn't, musn't/ don't have to.
Some more theory and activities:

Listening activity: how much can you learn in a month?

And a couple of songs:




Gerunds and Infinitives

Here you can find the presentation to revise the use of Gerunds and Infinitives, and activities to practise it.




Activities to revise the use of infinitives123 and 4.
Activities to revise the use of gerunds: 12 and 3.
Gerund or infinitive? 1 and 2.

Listening activity: the sound of music 1 and 2.





Monday, February 24, 2014

Comparative and superlative adjectives + travel. As and like.

In order to revise Comparative and Superlative adjectives, here you have the rules and some practice.



Activity 1: comparatives and superlatives.
Activity 2: comparatives.
Activity 3: superlatives.
Activity 4: comparative or superlative?
Some more funny activities: The biggest and the best.
And here you have a little game about your knowledge of the world: Sentence Monkey and the Natural World. 

And a couple of songs: 


A very old-fashioned but funny one:

And one from the official Shreck soundtrack:

Travel, describing places.

Describing a place.
Project: my city now and then.
Would you like to visit London? Do you already know it and want to see it again? Have a look and the following video and listening activities. I'm sure you will feel like being there!


As and like. 

In order to revise a problematic point, that is, the common mistake when using "as" or "like", go through the following theory and activities.


Thursday, February 6, 2014

Revision of tenses

Play the following game in order to revise all the tenses we have been working with. In the same webpage there are plenty of games to revise and learn vocabulary and grammar. Have a look!!!!

Why don't you listen to the following song? It's really beautiful! We are the world.


Friday, January 17, 2014

Present Perfect, Clothes, Revision units 4A and B, 7A and B.

I know you are experts on the Present Perfect, but you can revise it a bit with the following presentation and activities, as well as the vocabulary on clothes and the listening activities from units 4A and B, 7A and B.



Activities.
Just, yet, still, already.

And here you have a wonderful song to practise the Present Perfect:

U2 — Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For from Adam Fromm on Vimeo.

Do you think you know the lyrics? Try the following game, really fun!


 And click on the following link to watch a nice video with some activities to revise the vocabulary on clothes. Enjoy it!

Finally ... why don't you do this awesome quizz on Fashion?

Friday, January 3, 2014

Pronunciation

Do you think English pronunciation is difficult? You are not the only one...



Even though this guy does not agree with us... 



Listening activities are really useful in that sense, but practising a bit with the phonemic chart is also necessary. Have a look!

BBC Learning English also contains a phonetic chartlearning tips and quizzes.

If you want to know even more resources, this webpage contains links to many more. Take your time, investigate a bit, and share the best you find!